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<h1><i class="fa fa-group"></i> Community help</h1>

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Do you need help? Our awesome community is here!
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  <i>Please note that we all do this in the spirit of Open Source.</i> All discussions are public, so that everyone can participate and help each other.
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<h2> If you have a question on how to use JHipster</h2>
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    Go to Stack Overflow with the <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/tags/jhipster" target="_blank">"jhipster"</a> tag.
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<h2> If you have a bug or a feature request</h2>
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    First read our <a href="https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank">contributing guidelines</a>.
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Then, fill a ticket on our <a href="https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues?state=open" target="_blank">bug tracker</a>, we'll be happy to resolve your issue!
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<h2> If you want to chat with contributors and other users</h2>
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    Join our chat room on <a href="https://gitter.im/jhipster/generator-jhipster" target="_blank">Gitter.im</a>. Please note that this is a public chat room, and that we expect you to respect other people and write in a correct English language!
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<h2> If there is some urgent news you need to share</h2>
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    Mention <a href="https://twitter.com/java_hipster" target="_blank">@java_hipster</a> on Twitter.
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<h2> If you want to see what the core team is doing</h2>
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    As mentioned on our <a href="{{ site.url }}/team/">team page</a>, we have a development mailing list, where only the core developers can participate, which is available <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/jhipster-dev" target="_blank">here</a>.
